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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7219819 | Self-venting valve A valve assembly has a valve housing and a valve core body movable therewithin for providing a smooth and continuous outflow of liquid from a container, which may be unvented and rigid, through a liquid-out passageway, and provides an air-back passageway for drawing... | 05/22/2007 |
| 6557594 | Apparatus and method for preparing and filling beverage containers The processing system for preparing and filling beverage containers with ice and liquid. The beverage processing system simplifies the task of filling multiple glasses, cups or like containers with ice and a beverage, in a short time period, which is requ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6318604 | Spill inhibiting spout A spout (10) for mounting on a liquid container (12) to provide controlled dispensing of liquid therefrom includes a manual control for stopping the flow of liquid through a pouring tube (22) and an automatic control to prevent spills due to overfilling. ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6257456 | Powdering device A powder device comprises a powder container which is formed as an exchangeable container mounted on a container receptacle via a quick-connect means. The inside of the powder container has a dome which extends from the output flow opening into the inside... | 07/10/2001 |
| 5988458 | Spill inhibiting spout A spout for mounting on a liquid container to provide controlled dispensing of liquid therefrom includes a manual control for stopping the flow of liquid through a pouring tube and an automatic control to prevent spills due to overfilling. Manual control ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5911345 | Fill-thru lid for beverage containers The fill-thru lid of the present invention threadedly engages the opening of a thermally insulated beverage server, such as a coffee pot. The opening provides a mouth for filling or emptying a liquid storage area in the beverage server. The upper surface ... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5881922 | Coupler switchable among multiple apertures A coupler for a dispensing apparatus and method of use thereof includes a first member having a first, a second, and a third aperture. A second member is mountable on and rotatable about the first member to selectively communicate the first and second ape... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5794824 | Vessel for containing liquid A vessel for containing liquid comprises a container (41) for containing liquid (40), a gripping portion (42) which is separated from one side of the container and extended upward, having an air intake portion (43) on the top of the gripping portion, wher... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5318205 | Spray dispensing device having a tapered mixing chamber A spray dispensing device is provided which can be used with non-pressurized containers. The device includes passageways for directing streams of air and liquid to a mixing chamber wherein the liquid is broken up into droplets and emitted as a fine spray ... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5183186 | Spray dispensing device having a tapered mixing chamber A spray dispensing device is provided which can be used with non-pressurized containers. The device includes passageways for directing streams of air and liquid to a mixing chamber wherein the liquid is broken up into droplets and emitted as a fine spray ... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5147072 | Toggle closure which permits uninterrupted glug-free pouring from a resiliently deformable container A toggle closure for a resiliently deformable container which provides substantially continuous, uninterrupted, glug-free dispensing of liquid products. The toggle closure has two conduits, the first of which comprises a liquid discharge conduit that will... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5115946 | Squeeze bottle A squeeze bottle which eliminates a separate tube and has no moving parts and has two positions for filling and for use for dispensing and mixing with air such products as soap, cosmetics, food, mustard, salad dressing and so forth. The squeeze bottle mix... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5053206 | Chemical dispensing device A device for dispensing a chemical solution into a pipeline transporting a liquid under pressure irrespective of whether the liquid pressure varies between a maximum and a minimum or is subsantially constant. The volume of solution dispensed is varied at ... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5009046 | Reducing hoop stress in silos Means for reducing hoop stress in a silo cell comprising a grain tube located in the lower part of the silo cell, the wall of the grain tube having apertures in the silo base allowing entry of granular material into the grain tube and a restrictor below t... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4836404 | Valved container closure A closure for containers particularly adapted for use in dispensing liquid beverages. The closure includes a spout for delivery of the liquid beverage, and the spout is provided with a flow control valve housed within the spout. The valve and spout are fo... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4836422 | Propellantless foam dispenser A propellantless foam dispenser comprising a container which has a flexible outer wall and contains a foamable liquid and air. The container has an outlet opening which is disposed at the top of the container and has a foam discharge nozzle associated wit... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4678103 | Plural-chambered dispensing device exhibiting constant proportional co-dispensing and method for making same A plural-chambered, gravity-activated dispensing device that incrementally dispenses two or more flowable products at a substantially constant, predetermined ratio. In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, an inner container is positioned wit... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4658870 | Dripless multi-vessel fluid dispenser Apparatus for dispensing fluids to a plurality of receptacles simultaneously, equally, and without dripping. A distributing device is used that uses a major-minor channel configuration such that all major channels fill with fluid before the minor channels... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4568006 | Nestable self-venting spout A nestable spout assembly for dispensing liquid products from cans and pails. A molded plastic spout in extended position has an enlarged flexible lower wall portion joined to a relatively rigid externally threaded upper wall portion. A peripheral sealing... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4538978 | Rotary piston forming machine for chocolate A forming machine for chocolate and the like which comprises, located directly downstream of the hopper, a metering device having a contoured mixing and metering cavity which accommodates a rotatively driven rotor provided with disk-like spaced-apart coll... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4372466 | Vessel for storing particulate materials and method of emptying A first bottom discharge opening provided at the lower end of a storage vessel and fitted with a shut-off valve is adjacent to a second bottom discharge opening fitted with a shut-off valve. The second opening is joined to an emptying tube which extends v... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4295583 | Closure cap vent A venting device for use with a container closure cap of the type having a flexible pouring spout which is extendable to a pouring orientation from a nested orientation includes a hollow central body portion having a top end, a base and an interior passag... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4271984 | Device for dispensing two pasty substances in adjustable proportions A dispensing device for dispensing two pasty substances in adjustable proportions from a deformable tube containing those substances in different regions within the tube. The device includes a body having two passages terminating in two outlets in the bod... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4216879 | Method of and apparatus for dispensing a high volumetric flow rate of carbonated beverage, having partial reversal of a circulating flow A method of dispensing includes the steps of carbonating a beverage, storing a supply of the carbonated beverage, conducting the carbonated beverage from the supply and into a circulation loop, circulating the carbonated beverage in a predetermined direct... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4206855 | Storage bin with multiple discharge openings for particulate material A storage bin with multiple discharge openings is provided for particulate material. A bottom wall of the bin has a plurality of discharge openings, preferably an even number, with half of them spaced closer to the center line of the bin than the other ha... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4138021 | Ducted material handling device for top unloading of a storage receptacle A material handling device is disclosed for use in a material holding, or storage, receptacle. The device includes a vertically positioned discharge duct having spaced apertures therein with the bottom of the duct connected to a discharge access passage w... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4105141 | Pouring device A pouring device for use with a container, the device having a central liquid outlet and air inlets positioned annularly around the outlet so that whatever the axial alignment of the device when fitted to the container there is always an air inlet above t... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4067672 | Apparatus for producing a body of porous thermoplastic material The invention relates to an apparatus for continuous production of a strand of porous thermoplastic material from preferably pre-expanded granules of said material containing an expanding agent. The apparatus comprises an elongated rectangular channel, tw... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4061248 | Multi-flavor whip cream apparatus The present invention relates to an apparatus adapted for a special whip cream dispensing function, characterized by a combination of types of fluid flow channels including, as the central portion thereof, two concentric annuli which enable the apparatus ... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4036410 | Injection molding machine with feed plunger in hopper An injection molding machine for plastic material comprising an injection cylinder; a displaceable element axially disposed in the cylinder, one of the cylinder and displaceable element being movable with respect to the other; an injection nozzle on one e... | 07/19/1977 |
